I know that the vast majority of readers won’t be able to make it to this exhibition, but I really like the way that they’ve designed the promo poster, so I’m sure you guys can at least enjoy that. Here’s the press release for those of you that live in the London area and feel like checking out some fresh pieces from some top artists from Britain and beyond:

Concrete Hermit presents its summer show ‘We Have Been Expecting You’, a group show of selected prints and affordable work by both young and established international graphic artists we have presented and collaborated with.

The exhibition will include new works and pieces which have never been exhibited before in the U.K. from well–known artists such as Jon Burgerman, Ian Stevenson, Andrew Rae, Anthony Burrill, Neasden Control Centre, Jody Barton, eBoy, Supermundane, Cody Hudson, MWM Graphics, Andrew James Jones and many others…

Prints will start from £20 - £400.

Opening Night Thursday 7th August
Press and Buyers preview from 5:30 pm
Private View 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Concrete Hermit

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Tags » Anthony Burrill • art • concrete hermit • eBoy • exhbition • london • Summer

Straight from their mailout:

We are having a quick sale in our online store. There are big savings to be had with between 20% - 50% off T-shirts and Books and 10% off all badge sets.

We’re having a clear out to make way for our new stock. Some sizes/ designs may be limited…

HURRY! this sale will be over before you can say “Credit Crunch!”

Check it all out at www.concretehermit.com

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Concrete Hermit have redesigned their website to bring their various arms (publishing, the gallery, the store, and the social network) together into one happy, easily navigable site. Here’s the press release that says what I just said:

All the hard work at Concrete Hermit HQ has finally paid off with the launch of the brand new website. We have linked up the store with the Concrete Hermit network, publishing and gallery sites. So now you get your full Hermit fix in one place. If you are not already a member of the Concrete Hermit network, join up now and create your own page where you can put up images of your work, get involved with projects and much more. If you have some special news or if there’s anything you want people to hear about, upcoming exhibitions etc. you can now submit your news to us for inclusion on our new homepage via the form on the site.

I like the new look, it is a lot easier to look around and get a feel for CH this way, and my one gripe about the gallery site has been fixed, they now have a map showing you where it is. I’d like to think that happened because of me, but I severely doubt that’s the case. Quite a few new items have been put on sale to celebrate the relaunch, so head on over to the store to see if there’s anything you fancy the look of.

Concrete Hermit

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(click on the image to view larger)Human Empires webshop has been updated with 9 new cotton-based offerings of the short-sleeved variety. Three of them are Human Empire originals (middle row of picture), three are from perennial HYA favourites Concrete Hermit (bottom row), and the final three (top row) are by Berlin-based label Violent Elegance.

Human Empire

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Tags » berlin • concrete hermit • Germany • human empire • releases • T-shirts • violent elegance

I was really excited to hear that Concrete Hermit were going to continue releasing a t-shirt to go with their exhibitions when I found out that eBoy was coming to town.I’m in the middle of cooking dinner so here’s an excerpt of the press release to give you the details:

To coincide with the launch of eBoy’s current exhibition Concrete Hermit have produced a special limited edition of 100 T-shirts. Hand screen-printed in London these t-shirts show a detail from eBoy’s colour rich panoramic cityscape of Los Angeles. A series of prints and other products including a unique pure wool blanket have also been produced to mark the occasion and will be available exclusively from Concrete Hermit. The exhibition runs from 9th May - 30th June. Concrete Hermit Gallery, 5a Club Row, London, E1 6JX. Open 10am – 6pm Tuesday-Sunday.

Costiness=£25 Link

CH also have a pretty wide range of eBoy’s city prints for £12, and a very limited edition (just 10 available) blanket for £180.

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Tags » concrete hermit • eBoy • exhibition • limited edition • pixel • pixel art • T-shirts • UK • white

It’s getting told about events like this that make me wish that I lived down in ‘that London,’ (although scenery like this usually makes up for it).

Straight from their mailout:

eBoy, the innovative and seminal pixel art pioneers are exhibiting at Concrete Hermit in May. eBoy is a pixel art group founded in 1998 by Steffen Sauerteig, Svend Smital and Kai Vermehr. From their Berlin studio they create re-usable pixel objects and take them to build complex and extensible artwork. Their work makes intense use of popular culture and commercial icons, and their style is presented in three-dimensional illustrations filled with robots, cars, guns and girls. Their unique style has gained them a cult following among graphic designers worldwide, and they have worked with among others, named brands and companies such as Coca-Cola, MTV, VH1, Adidas, and Honda. They were also involved in creating the album cover for Groove Armada’s 2007 studio album Soundboy Rock.

Entire cityscapes, rich in detail have been created for London, New York, Berlin, Tokyo and this exhibition sees the latest city to get the eBoy unique visionary panoramic treatment: Los Angeles.

There will also be a chance to see the development of the Peecols – eBoy’s series of toys. These innovative toys have become highly collectable, and there will be the rare opportunity to see the Blockbob prototypes and special limited editions of the figures. Exclusive eBoy prints, t-shirts and products will be available at the exhibition.

The eBoy exhibition runs from 9th May - 30th June. Concrete Hermit Gallery, 5a Club Row, London, E1 6JX. Open 10am – 6pm Tuesday-Sunday.

Concrete Hermit
Concrete Hermit Gallery
My recent review of the gallery

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When I went down to London in February to attend Margin I decided I was going to make a bit of a pilgrimage to Concrete Hermit, and since they were located pretty near to The Park and To Be Confirmed shows that I was going to attend I decided I’d be stupid not visit them after writing about Concrete Hermit so much in the past.
In hindsight, the gallery is actually quite easy to find, but because I had a lame printout from Google Maps to guide me it took about 30 minutes walking and stopping several people (most of whom seemed as lost as me) to find them when they’re only about 10 minutes brisk walk from Liverpool Street Station. Located on a fairly quiet street not far from the hustle and bustle of Brick Lane, a street that is famous for curry, art, clothes and graffiti, pretty much in that order. The Concrete Hermit gallery has the appearance of a regular shop, except with a lot less stuff in it. This is a conscious decision that has been made to separate the exhibition space from the sales area, which I think helps them to maintain the ambiance of a gallery in the front of the space when you walk in, you aren’t immediately confronted with items that you can buy, I think that’s important and helps you understand what the CH team want their gallery to be like.
Of course, you can buy things in the gallery as well. Almost everything that is available in their online shop is available in the gallery, and if it isn’t out I suspect that they’d be able to get it for you since, if I remember correctly, their storage space is either located in the basement of the gallery or somewhere very nearby. It was good to get hands on with their t-shirt offerings after recommending them so many time, and I wasn’t disappointed with the quality of their high-end tee offerings, soft tees and soft, vibrant prints are to be found in abundance on their racks, so I’m happy to keep recommending them. Whilst I don’t think it is possible to buy the original works that are on show in the exhibition space, it is usually possible to buy a print or poster from the same artist, and also a t-shirt which has been designed by the artist exclusively for their exhibition at the gallery.

Concrete Hermit

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Tags » concrete hermit • Exclusive • gallery • guide • HYAvisits • photos • tour

CH have dropped a couple of new designs on us, and hot-damn are they fantastic. The level of detail on the white tee by Supermundane pretty much demands that you click through and look at the close-up pictures, and Kate Moross‘ ‘Block City‘ has a quite beautiful restrained simplicity about it, and is rocking that large rectangular print that is so de rigeur. I was actually given a sneak peak of Kate’s design when I visited Concrete Hermit’s gallery in February, there’s not much more story there, I just thought it was cool that I walked into a gallery and someone knew who “Andy from Hide Your Arms” was. Both of these tees are strictly limited to 100 pieces each, and I can see them being pretty popular so stake your claim early if you want one.

As is usual with CHs release schedule, the tees are being released to go with the exhibition that is currently going on at the gallery (Tri Hard Err: Kate Moross, Super Mundane & Chris Knight, 7th-30th March), the launch night for which was apparently a big success. If you’re ‘darn sarf’ head on down and check it out, the gallery isn’t a long walk from Liverpool Street station if you have the ability to read a map (unlike me!), but if you can’t make it or just prefer the staying inside, check out their Flickr pool for a few pics.

Block City by Kate Moross
Err by Supermundane

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Straight from their mailout:

A selection of our badge sets are now available from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London - Nice.
There should be an interview with Chris in IDN magazine soon - Nice.
We have some new T-shirt designs on their way for ‘08 - Nice.
OUR ONLINE SALE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 4th OF FEB - That’s not nice! That’s bloody brilliant!! Go grab a T-shirt bargain!!!

CHs tees might be a bit more pricey than the usual HYA fare, but they’re also pretty damned excellent, so no whinin’!

Concrete Hermit

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Are you loving Concrete Hermit’s designs, but not quite loving their prices? Well, they’ve just made your wallet a bit heavier by knocking 10% to 25% off all their tees until the end of January.

Concrete Hermit (previous CH coverage on HYA)

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